Are Developing Countries Better Off Spending Their Oil Wealth Upfront? /

We question the conventional view that it is optimal for government to maintain a stable level of spending out of oil wealth. We compare this conventional policy recommendation with one where government spends all of its oil revenues upfront, at the same rate as oil is extracted. Using a neoclassica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Takizawa, H.
Other Authors: Gardner, E., Ueda, Kenichi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/141
Online Access:Full text available on IMF